Jean
/ʒɑ̃/
The verdict
“Jean” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,151 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,151
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - João
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jean |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒɑ̃/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jean” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Jean is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʒɑ̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,151 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "João".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jean, with forms such as "ejan", "jaen", and "jeann". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "jet", "jen", "jed", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is Jean, spelled J-E-A-N.
Definition
- 1João
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ejan,jaen,jeann,jena,jjean
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jean - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Jean”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is J-E-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʒɑ̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jet” - see the side-by-side comparison. Jean vs jet
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.